![]() In giving a positive review to Reid’s book, Ratzinger voiced some of his own views on liturgical reform. R's writings on the topic of liturgy, and never have come across a statement that 'Mgr Gamber's motion to let the New Rite die out is moderate.' Never.Īnother partisan of the “reform of the reform,” Alcuin Reid, OSB, of Farnborough, England, published The Organic Development of the Liturgy in 2004. Ratzinger found these extreme views congenial, and oddly enough, deemed them moderate He wanted it not to be considered the Roman rite, but merely retained as a rite ad experimentum until it dies out. Gamber also expressed a definite view about the current Mass. So it's not as though Mgr Gamber was dropped into the controversy from Mars or someplace. Regensburg just happens to be the location of the Liturgical Reform's home-the Reform movement which began in the late 1800's. Of course, there IS a "rest of the story" here, too. He regarded the liturgical movement leading up to the council as a generally positive phenomenon He became known outside scholarly circles when he published a popular book in 1984, which appeared in English in 1993 under the title The Reform of the Roman Liturgy. ![]() Klaus Gamber of the liturgical institute in Regensburg, Germany. The most visible proponent of this agenda was Msgr. That "small but vocal" group was the Bugnini Consilium. In fairness, only a "small but vocal" group was calling for vernacular, folk-music, and several hundred options/mutations/permutations of the Rite AFTER the Council. They found a champion and supporter in the future Benedict XVI. They are not schismatics, like the Lefebvrites, but they are interested in the restoration of Tridentine liturgical forms and the marginalization of the reformed liturgy. A small but vocal group of Catholics began to call for a “reform of the reform” of the liturgy for the church across the board. Individual priests may use the preconciliar rites at will, and groups of the faithful who ask for celebrations according to the preconciliar norms may not be refused them. "Optional?" What's "ordinary" is "optional"? Right on, sistuh! Now, with the stroke of a pen, Pope Benedict has made that reform optional. The liturgical reform of the council was intended as a true reform, addressing genuine problems of the old liturgy for the good of the church as a whole. Nor was their intention the 100% vernacular Mass, nor the dumping of all sacred music written before 1969, nor the bizarre 'on-the-fly' stuff we see far too often. It was not the intention of Vatican II, or of the popes who implemented it, to create a situation in which two forms of the Roman rite would exist side by side. ![]() With that out of the way, let's see what Ms. She is also a professor at Yale Divinity School. She is currently working on two new books, "Rediscovering Vatican II: The Liturgy" and a pastoral commentary on the Easter Vigil, and is a member of the faculty of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. She is author of "Sourcebook for Sundays and Seasons, 2006," and the monograph "On the Rite of Election," and co-author of the "Foundations in Faith" series for RCIA teams. , where she lives with her husband, Philip Swoboda, a professor of Russian history at Sarah Lawrence College. In addition to editing The Yale ISM Review, an online ecumenical journal of worship and the arts, she is contributing editor and columnist for Commonweal magazine and blogs at Pray Tell.Rita Ferrone is a resident of Mt. For seven years she served as a Friend of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and has taught in the ISM Congregations Project summer seminar. She has also taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including a guest professorship at the Julius-Maximillians Universität, Würzburg. Her commentary on the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Liturgy: Sacrosanctum Concilium, is used in teaching internationally. Rita is the author of several books about liturgy, as well as materials for parish catechesis and evangelization. Since that time she has continued her work as an independent scholar, writer, and teacher. through her writing, teaching, consulting, and leadership training seminars, for which she won the 2007 alumni achievement award from Yale Divinity School. She has played a vital role in liturgical renewal across the U.S. Rita Ferrone, is an award-winning writer and recognized leader in the Roman Catholic Church for her pioneering efforts in the area of adult Christian Initiation during a time when the reforms of the Second Vatican Council have opened new avenues of ministry for lay people and women.
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